Lavonte David Likes The “Open Door”
February 5th, 2020
Some people think Lavonte David is snubbed and underappreciated. Not everyone thinks so. [read more]
Some people think Lavonte David is snubbed and underappreciated. Not everyone thinks so. [read more]

Bucs fans have grown accustomed to guzzling beer (Big Storm if they’re smart) to numb the pain of constant losing.
Joe likes to refer to the previous 10 years of the 21st Century as the “Lost Decade” for the Bucs. [read more]

MVP chatter.
Fly the flags! [read more]

Backup plan
Joe never dreamed of writing the following (it comes right behind the Bucs have a guy who led the NFL in sacks): The Bucs may have the best foursome at linebacker in the NFL. [read more]

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The NFL’s 100th season had barely concluded when the Buccaneers suffered their first insult of the new year. [read more]

Hall of Fame QB Warren Moon checks in
Bucco Bruce Arians runs an accountability-themed regime at One Buc Palace, though that accountability rarely seems to be directed at the coaching staff and front office. [read more]
Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians will turn 68 this season. Previous health issues related to the stress of being an NFL head coach initially drove him to retirement. [read more]

Mocked.
When Joe watched Damien Williams ice the Chiefs’ first Super Bowl in 50 years with a 38-yard run for a touchdown (that looked a lot like John Riggins doing the same against the Dolphins), Joe couldn’t help but think of how that type of run was virtually impossible for the Bucs last year. [read more]

Indecision and fear at quarterback seems to rule at One Buc Palace.
Jason Licht ain’t talking publicly. Bucco Bruce Arians has gone silent. Can’t someone tell those guys there are 50-plus players on the roster to talk about?
You know it’s an odd year when co-owner Bryan Glazer is the early favorite for the front office orator of the year award.
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“Chris, man, Jason Licht did the right thing and paid me early.”
With Bruce Arians now entering a hot-seat season (sorry, but anyone really think Team Glazer will give Arians a third year if he cranks out another 7-9 campaign?), it’s extra important to lock up cornerstone players of the Bucs franchise. [read more]

“Look Derek, you’d like that old SOB Bruce Arians. That mother!@#$%^ cusses as much as I do.”
Back when the biggest mistake of the post-Chucky era took over in Tampa Bay, inept Lovie Smith, the Bucs were in need of a quarterback in the wake of the Josh Freeman fiasco. [read more]

Insult.
When is the last time a guy who had over 19 sacks and led the NFL in sacks has not been a finalist for NFL Defensive Player of the Year? Or was not named All-Pro? [read more]

Chris Godwin talks Jameis
Mark it down: Dec. 30, 2019.
That’s the day the Tampa Bay Buccaneers suspended — or ended — their show of public trust in Jameis Winston. [read more]

Right tackle analysis.
Joe is convinced of living in a different world when it comes to the Bucs’ offensive line. [read more]
Joe can’t stand the Panthers, but Joe has to give it up for retired Carolina receiver Steve Smith’s new nickname for America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston. [read more]